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Basket with lid
Museum number:
2-64935a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210264935a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3553
Description:
With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Thompson River tribes
Collector:
Burton Benedict and Marian W. Smith
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
Salmon basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— width 26 centimeters, (c)— width 23.5 centimeters, (c)— length 31.5 centimeters, (a)— height 16 centimeters, (a)— length 34.5 centimeters, (b)— length 33.5 centimeters, (a)— width 25.5 centimeters, and (c)— depth 2.5 centimeters
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